# FUNEL, free: Local business search API

> Search local businesses by search term, location, ratings, and contact filters

FUNEL's Free credits plan for the local business search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. We check each provider's docs for 8 fields. FUNEL's docs list 4: Address, Website, Category, Rating.
You get 500 credits. You spend the credits on FUNEL's other calls. This call is free. FUNEL limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
We haven't run FUNEL through [our local business search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 426 plans for local business search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.396 or less per 1,000 places. [See the best free local business search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
[SerpData's $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/200-pack-growth-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 places: $0.0004. SerpData charges for each page of results. We count 200 places on each page to get the $0.0004 price. [Amazon Location Service's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/amazon-location-service/pay-as-you-go-on-demand-post-v2-search-nearby-searchnearby/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 places a month: $0.05.
[LeadSwift's $24.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/leadswift/24-99-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of places. LeadSwift's $24.99 monthly plan costs less up front than SerpData's $200 pack.
[LocationIQ](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/100-monthly/llms.txt), [HERE](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/here/pay-as-you-go-base-plan-0-to-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt) and [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapefield/39-pack/llms.txt) are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/free
- [Local business search API in 2026: the best of 50+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://funel.to/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: Docs behind sign-up
- API key: with the plan, on https://funel.to/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://funel.to/mcp.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: FUNEL (https://funel.to?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Address: ✓
- Website: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Rating: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 places: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: create_lead_list · add_records · enrich_records · find_email · run_ai_column

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search local businesses by search term, location, ratings, and contact filters

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must use FUNEL only for lawful business purposes and in line with our Acceptable Use Policy. [...] Your Acceptable Use obligations include not using the platform to send unlawful, deceptive, or unsolicited messages outside what the law permits, not attempting to circumvent technical limits or security, and not reselling or redistributing data in violation of these terms or applicable law. [...] You may not copy, reverse engineer, resell, or create derivative works from the platform.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: Docs behind sign-up

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, capable of forming a binding contract and using the service for business purposes

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

total results, name, category, address, website, rating

## FUNEL's plans (5)

- [FUNEL, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [FUNEL, $2.25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/2-25-pack/llms.txt): 50% complete
- [FUNEL, $137.20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/137-20-pack/llms.txt): 50% complete
- [FUNEL, $15.38 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/15-38-monthly/llms.txt): 50% complete
- [FUNEL, $176.26 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/176-26-yearly/llms.txt): 50% complete

## FUNEL's calls for this API (1)

- Docs behind sign-up: [FUNEL, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)

## FUNEL's APIs (4)

- [FUNEL: company discovery API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)
- [FUNEL: email finder API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)
- [FUNEL: local business search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)
- [FUNEL: people search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)

## FUNEL: local business search API alternatives

- [LocationIQ, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete
- [HERE, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/here/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, 24 hours
- [openrouteservice, free, Standard](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/openrouteservice/free-standard/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 63% complete, stored
- [mitbbs.ai, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mitbbs-ai/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete
- [Floqer, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

- https://funel.to?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/mcp.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/use-cases/local-business-leads?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing